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National Cost Estimates of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Tracheostomy in Acute Stroke, 2008-2017.

George P AlbertDaryl C McHughDavid Y HwangClaire J CreutzfeldtRobert G HollowayBenjamin P George
Published in: Stroke (2023)
Patients with acute stroke who undergo tracheostomy account for 1.4% of stroke admissions and 9.5% of US stroke hospitalization costs. Future research should focus on the added value to society and patients of IMV and tracheostomy, in particular after 7 days for the latter procedure given the increased costs incurred and poor outcomes in stroke.
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